A Prelude to MotoGP’s Silly Season, Part 1
It is going to be a busy – and lucrative – year for the managers of MotoGP riders. With almost everyone out of contract at the end of 2014, and with Suzuki coming back in 2015, top riders will be in...
View ArticleValentino Rossi Signs New Two-Year Contract with Yamaha
The news had been coming for a month or so, but at last it has been announced officially. Valentino Rossi has signed a two-year extension of his contract with the Movistar Yamaha team, and will race...
View ArticleMotoGP: Dani Pedrosa Signs with HRC Thru 2016
The 2014 MotoGP Silly Season is rapidly closing, as HRC has announced the re-signing of Dani Pedrosa through the 2016 season in the MotoGP Championship. This means that Pedrosa will have at least 16...
View ArticleMotoGP: Crutchlow, Dovizioso, & Iannone To Stay at Ducati Corse — Will Ride...
After all the speculation of massive changes in Ducati’s MotoGP team, all is to remain the same. During the World Ducati Week event held for fans of the Italian marque at Misano, both Andrea Dovizioso...
View ArticleMotoGP: Cal Crutchlow Leaving Ducati for LCR Honda?
This year’s silly season may have been a bit disappointing, at least when you consider that many of the top riders had contracts up for renewal this year.Instead, we saw Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez,...
View ArticleMotoGP Silly Season, Post-Crutchlow – Who Is Going Where
With the announcement that Cal Crutchlow is to move to the LCR Honda team for 2015, making space for Andrea Iannone to move up to the Factory Ducati team, the beginnings of a MotoGP grid are starting...
View ArticleMotoGP: Stefan Bradl Confirmed at Forward Racing for 2015
As had been widely anticipated, Stefan Bradl has signed with the NGM Forward Racing team for the 2015 season. The German had been forced to look for a ride after losing his support from HRC, Honda...
View ArticleYamaha Signs Jorge Lorenzo with a Two-Year Contract
As expected, Jorge Lorenzo’s announcement for the upcoming seasons was made today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ahead of the Indianapolis GP. The agreement sees the two-time MotoGP World Champion...
View ArticleThursday Summary at Indianapolis: A New Surface, Beating Marquez, & Silly...
There are few motorsports venues more iconic than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Of the places I’ve visited, only Monza comes close: you can feel the ghosts of all the men and women who have raced...
View ArticleMotoGP Silly Season, The Brno Edition
Riders and managers will be very busy this weekend at Brno, as negotiations continue for the open slots left on the 2015 MotoGP grid. The deals that saw Stefan Bradl leave LCR Honda for Forward Yamaha...
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